Card ledger



Dec. 18, 1945. E. VAUCHE'R 2,391,080

CARD LEDGER F119@ Feb. 17, 1944 2 sheets-sheet 1 I WIr/'lill Date 2Sheets-Sheet 2 5 D E. VAUCHER CARD LEDGER Filed Feb. 17, 1944 m. .WwwumlS De. 1s, 1945.

Patented Dec. 18, 1945 CARD LEDGER Eric Vaucher, Biel, SwitzerlandApplication February 17, 1944, Serial No. 522,816 In Germany March 9,1943 3 Claims.

My present invention relates to improvements in card ledgers generally,and particularly to a visible index and color signal system therefor;and the object of my improvements is to simplify the structure andrender same inexpensive of manufacture.

I attain this and related objects by the device illustrated, by way ofthree forms of invention, in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1shows a front plan view of a shop control card ledger provided with acolor signal device according to a rst form,

Fig. 2, a section, to a larger scale, of the latter on the line III--IIIof Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a section, also to a larger scale, of the said first form on theline II-II of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4, a section, again to a larger scale of the said iirst form on theline IV--IV of Fig. l;

Fig. 5, a front plan view of a stock control card ledger provided with acolor signal device according to a second form,

Fig. 6, a section on the line VI-VI of Fig. 5,

Fig. 7, a section on the line VII-VII of Fig. 5:

Fig. 8, a side view of a flap-cover box provided with a signal deviceaccording to a third form, and

Fig. 9, a section thereof.

In the form of invention shown in the Figs. 1 4, K is the card proper, band c are cardboard traverse strips secured to the top of the said cardK by means of the wire clips u. In the recess formed between the saidstrips b and c a plurality 0i longitudinally displaceable Celluloidsignal strips d are inserted. The said strips b and c and the clips aform guides for the said signal strips d. In their non-operativeposition, the signal strips d do not project downwardly beyond the loweredge of the traverse strip c. The latter is provided with verticallydisposed slots e, and the circular apertures f in the signal strips dcorrespond therewith. The said apertures f are of somewhat smallerdiameter than the Width of the said slots e, and their burredperipheries y project upwardly above the plane of the strips d so as tobe resiliently restrained and guided by the parallel edges of the saidslots e and stopped above and below by the semi-circular edges thereof.The said burred peripheries g of the holes f are formed when the latterare punched out of the said strips d. Upon assembly of the card ledger,the said burred peripheries g of the apertures f are caught fast in theslots e and limit the longitudinal or vertical displacement of thesignal strips d therein.

By inserting the point of a, pencil or the like into the apertures f,the burred peripheries g of the latter prevent the said pencil pointfrom slipping out of the apertures f, and the signal strips d may beeasily displaced and iixed in their final positions desired.

On the shop control card K shown in Fig. l, the color signal strips dindicate through which manufacturing stages a certain article, made fora certain client, has passed, and which manufacturing operations haveyet to be performed. Furthermore, the fifth strip d from the leftindicates, by its raised position, that the article in question f may befound in the painting department, where it undergoes the correspondingtreatment. The article still has to pass the testing and the packingroom, before it will be despatched.

In the form shown in Figs. 5-7, the front card lc is secured to thebottom card h .by means of stitched seams i, i. The said front card 7cis provided With longitudinal slots Z running parallel to each other andheld at a certain distance from the said bottom card h by means of thegauge strips n. In the recess thus formed between the front and thebottom cards, the slides d are easily displaceable along the said slotsl. The slides d are provided with a punched hole f, and the burredperiphery y of the latter serves as a guide for the slide d in the slotZ. The longitudinal seams i also guide the said slide d during itsdisplacement. There is suiiicient friction provided for the slides d sothat they only may be displaced by the pushing action of a pencil point0r the like which is inserted into the hole f. The slides d are providedwith an index mark r which co-operates with the divisions shown.

On the stock control card shown in Figs. 5-7, e. g., the center slides dshow a stock of 1662 l" headscrews of 2 length. The top of the card isprovided with a traverse strip s which is pasted thereon.

'I'he signal device according to the Figs. 8 and 9 is particularlysuited for containers, e. g. the box S shown with the flap cover C,wherein the said box is subdivided into a series of compartments (notshown). y The front wall of the box and flap-cover is provided withguide rails t fastly secured thereto. Numbered strips u are insertedinto and secured to the said rails t. The signal strips d', adapted asslides, are mounted displaceable upon the said strips u and resilientlyretained by the top and bottom loops of the said rails t. Thesignalstrips d', here also, are provided with the apertures o for engagementby a pencil point. By correspondingly setting the slides d onto thenumber or other mark on the strips u, the box contents may be positivelyascertained from the outside.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1. A card ledger of the character described, comprising a base card, anindicating card movably arranged thereon, and a cover member betweenwhich and said base card the movements of said indicating, card areeiected, means associating said cover member andi said baseV card anddening means for guiding said indicating card in its movement, saidcover member beingprovided with an elongated slot, the direction ofelongation being coincident with the longitudinal direction of movementof said'in'dicating card, said card being provided with an aperture andwith a burred edge around' said` aperture; saidV burred edge projectingthrough said elongated slot whereby it constitutes means for limitingthe extent of movement of said indicating card, said through on eachside of said indicating card.

`3."1'he relationship according to claim l wherein said cover member isessentially coex- `tensive with said base card, and said associatingAmeans is constituted by a row of stitching extending therethrough oneach side of said indicating card.

' ERIC VAUCHER.

